Mark Neeleman

Mark Jacobus Louis Neeleman (born 16 April 1959, in Baghdad, Iraq) is a sailor from the Netherlands.^[1] Since the Netherlands did boycott^[2] the Moscow Olympic Games Neeleman represented his National Olympic Committee at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Tallinn, USSR under the Dutch NOC flag.^[3] Neeleman took 8th place in the 1980 Summer Olympics, which was boycotted by several countries.^[4][5] In 1984 Summer Olympics, Los Angeles^[6][7][8] Neeleman did a second attempt in the Finn^[9][10] and finished on the 9th place.^[11][12][13] Neeleman missed the selection for the 1988 Olympics, Pusan.

After that he switched to the Star.^[14] With crew member Jos Schrier at the 1992 Summer Olympics^[15] in Barcelona Neeleman took 4th place.^[16] Again in the Star and again with Jos Schrier, Neeleman took 6th place^[17] in the 2000 Summer Olympics, Sydney.^[18] His last Olympic appearance was in the 2004 Athens Olympics.^[19][20] This time with crew member Peter van Niekerk, Neeleman took 14th place^[21] in the Star.^[22]

Besides his Olympic sailing career Mark Neeleman won the 1995 J/22 World Championship and became in total 16 times Dutch Champion over several different classes. Among them there were titles in the Youth class, O-Jolle, Finn, Regenboog, J/22, Dragon. Neeleman was tactician on Favonius Swann 8o ft 3rd worlds and tactician/co-helmsman on Rainbow J-Class 2012/2013

Further reading

1980 Olympics (Tallinn)

• "Games of the XXII Olympiad, Volume I: Moscow, Tallinn, Leningrad, Kiev and Minsk" (PDF). Fizkultura i Sport Publishers. 1981. Archived from the original on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
• "Games of the XXII Olympiad, Volume II: Organisation" (PDF). Fizkultura i Sport Publishers. 1981. Archived from the original on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
• "Games of the XXII Olympiad, Volume III: Participants and Results" (PDF). Fizkultura i Sport Publishers. 1981. Retrieved 15 February 2014.

1984 Olympics (Long Beach)

• "Official Report Los Angeles 1984, Volume 1: Organization and Planning (part 1)" (PDF). Los Angeles: Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee. 1985. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
• "Official Report Los Angeles 1984, Volume 1: Organization and Planning (part 2)" (PDF). Los Angeles: Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee. 1985. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
• "Official Report Los Angeles 1984, Volume 1: Organization and Planning (part 3)" (PDF). Los Angeles: Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee. 1985. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
• "Official Report Los Angeles 1984, Volume 2: Competition and Summary and Results (part 1)" (PDF). Los Angeles: Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee. 1985. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
• "Official Report Los Angeles 1984, Volume 2: Competition and Summary and Results (part 2)" (PDF). Los Angeles: Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee. 1985. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
• "Official Report Los Angeles 1984, Volume 2: Competition and Summary and Results (part 3)" (PDF). Los Angeles: Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee. 1985. Retrieved 15 February 2014.

1992 Olympics (Barcelona)

• "Twentse surfster redt eer zeilvloot" (in Dutch). Nieuwsblad van het Noorden. 3 April 1992. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
• "Official Report of the Games of the XXV Olympiad Barcelona 1992, Volume I The Challenge: From the idea to the nomination" (PDF). Barcelonal: COOB'92 S.A. 1992. Archived from the original on 15 August 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
• "Official Report of the Games of the XXV Olympiad Barcelona 1992, Volume II The Means: Objectives, resources and venues" (PDF). Barcelona: COOB'92 S.A. 1992. Archived from the original on 8 August 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
• "Official Report of the Games of the XXV Olympiad Barcelona 1992, Volume III The Organisation: The preparation of the Games" (PDF). Barcelona: COOB'92 S.A. 1992. Archived from the original on 8 August 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
• "Official Report of the Games of the XXV Olympiad Barcelona 1992, Volume IV The Games: Sixteen days in summer" (PDF). 1992. Archived from the original on 15 July 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
• "Official Report of the Games of the XXV Olympiad Barcelona 1992, Volume V The Results" (PDF). Barcelona: COOB'92 S.A. 1992. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 15 February 2014.

2000 Olympics (Sydney) Australia

• Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad, Volume One -Preparing for the Games (PDF). Manufactured in Australia: Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games. 2001. Archived from the original on 23 August 2011. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
• Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad, Volume Two – Celebrating the Games (PDF). Manufactured in Australia: Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games. 2001. Archived from the original on 23 August 2011. Retrieved 15 February 2014.

2004 Olympics (Athens)

• Official Report of the XXVIII Olympiad Homecoming of the Games – Organisation and Operations (PDF). ATHENS 2004 Organising Committee for the Olympic Games S.A. 2004. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
• Official Report of the XXVIII Olympiad The Games (PDF). ATHENS 2004 Organising Committee for the Olympic Games S.A. 2004. Retrieved 15 February 2014.

References

1. ^ "Mark Neeleman Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympic Sports. Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
2. ^ "Zeilers: 'We gaan'" (in Dutch). De Telegraaf. 16 May 1980. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
3. ^ "Franse zeilploeg blijft thuis" (in Dutch). Amigoe. 22 May 1980. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
4. ^ "Zeilploeg bleef buiten de medailles" (in Dutch). De Telegraaf. 30 July 1980. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
5. ^ "Staartjes: "Het heeft niet meegezeten" Geen medailles voor Nederlandse zeilers" (in Dutch). De waarheid. 31 July 1980. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
6. ^ "Toppers bijeen in Hyeres Olympisch zeilexamen" (in Dutch). Dagblad De Telegraaf. 19 April 1984. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
7. ^ "Aspiraties" (in Dutch). Dagblad De Telegraaf. 30 April 1984. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
8. ^ "Oranje équipe met 207 personen op de Zomerspelen" (in Dutch). Dagblad De Telegraaf. 11 July 1984. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
9. ^ "Verwachtingen voor Los Angeles hoog gespannen Gouden kansen voor olympische zeilptoeg" (in Dutch). Dagblad De Telegraaf. 28 July 1984. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
10. ^ "Zeilcoach rekent op een medaille" (in Dutch). Dagblad De Telegraaf. 31 July 1984. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
11. ^ "Zeilers smeken om meer wind" (in Dutch). Dagblad De Telegraaf. 3 August 1984. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
12. ^ "Zeilers verspelen kansen op medaille Tijdperk 'Vliegende Hollanders' voorbij" (in Dutch). Dagblad De Telegraaf. 8 August 1984. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
13. ^ "Surfgoud kan impuls geven Watersport wacht op frisse wind" (in Dutch). Dagblad De Telegraaf. 11 August 1984. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
14. ^ "Veertien zeilers naar Barcelona" (in Dutch). Limburgsch dagblad. 1 June 1992. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
15. ^ "Zeilers aan alle kanten voorbijgevarer" (in Dutch). De Telegraaf. 30 July 1992. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
16. ^ "WAARDIG AFSCHEID VAN ZEILPLOEG" (in Dutch). De Telegraaf. 4 April 1992. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
17. ^ "Zwarte dag voor Nederlandse Zeilploeg in Sydney". Nieuwsbank. 26 September 2000. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
18. ^ "Verbond mikt op vier Olympische zeilmedailles". De Volkskrant. 4 December 1997. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
19. ^ "Jaarverslag KNWV 2000". Koninklijk Nederlands Watersport Verbond. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
20. ^ "Zeilteam-Thies plaatst zich maar nipt voor Athene". De Volkskrant. 17 May 2004. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
21. ^ "Ook Booth/Dercksen buiten podium". Nu.nl. 28 August 2004. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
22. ^ "Team-Thies verliest". Nu.nl. 18 August 2004. Retrieved 15 February 2014.